Taylor Moore

Taylor Moore is a Partner at Carlson Private Capital Partners, the dedicated private-investment platform of Minnesota's Carlson family (the entrepreneurial family behind Carlson companies, rooted in a legacy dating to 1938). Along with Andy Cantwell, Moore established the platform in late 2018 and is responsible for the firm's investment portfolio, sourcing and selecting new investments, and executing the firm's strategy. He has spent roughly two decades as an investor and advisor in private markets, concentrated on private equity and family-capital investing.

Before Carlson Private Capital, Moore was a Principal at Norwest Equity Partners, a Minneapolis-headquartered middle-market private equity firm that has raised more than $7 billion of capital. Earlier in his career he held investment-banking positions at Piper Jaffray & Co. and Morgan Keegan. Across these roles he built a consistent investing track record with specific expertise in the consumer, distribution, and agriculture sectors.

Moore earned a B.A. from Vanderbilt University (Summa Cum Laude) and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was an F.C. Austin Scholar. He comes from a fourth-generation ranching and cattle family in the Texas Panhandle, which informs his affinity for family- and founder-owned businesses and the agriculture sector.

• Invests permanent, non-institutional family capital — positioning the firm as a "third option" for owners who don't want to sell to a strategic competitor or a traditional, fund-cycle private equity buyer.
• Target companies: profitable, industry-leading middle-market businesses with $50–$500M revenue and $8–$40M+ EBITDA, primarily family- and founder-owned businesses taking on outside capital for the first time — also management teams transitioning out from under private equity, or experienced operators acquiring in their area of expertise.
• Equity checks of $20–$100M, across the U.S. and Canada.
• Sector focus: industrial, consumer, distribution, business services, healthcare, and financial services.
• Stated philosophy (firm): "We are passionate about working with family and founder-owned businesses"; the firm describes itself as "investors and facilitators, not operators," aiming to be "a resource to complement your management team" rather than to take operational control.
• Because the capital is family money rather than a time-limited fund, the firm emphasizes flexible hold periods and long-term value creation over a fixed exit timeline.